The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Patient Safety Committee provides free, downloadable pre- and post-operative ambulatory surgery patient safety checklists. While the two, one-page ...
Health IT startup QPID Health, formed at Massachusetts General, has rolled out its first clinical decision support tool for its cloud-based platform, QPID. It works on top of providers’ electronic ...
A promising way to reduce harmful surgical errors, it turns out, borrows a low-tech tool long used by airline pilots and grocery shoppers: The checklist. "It's evidence-based," says Leslie Ray, a ...
Board-certified plastic surgeon shares a practical, question-based guide to help patients verify credentials, facility standards, and anesthesia planning before elective cosmetic surgery. TAMPA, FLORI ...
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' Patient Safety Committee provides free, downloadable pre- and post-operative ambulatory surgery patient safety checklists. While the two, one-page ...